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Management

The management team has extensive M&A and turnaround management experience in a number of industries, and is familiar with all aspects of financial management. Management is committed to growing the value of the Frauenthal Group’s industrial investments.

Executive
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Erika Hochrieser

Earned her Master’s Degree in International Business at the University of Vienna. She studied then at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

2008 - 2017 Managing Director of the Group’s Finance Company Frauenthal Ost Beteiligungs GmbH.

2014 - 2015 Certified Investor Relations Officer (CIRO)

2014 Vice President Finance of Frauenthal Holding AG, responsible for the areas Finance, Controlling and Investor Relations, Deputy Compliance Officer

2014 - 2018 Managing Director for Frauenthal Automotive Holding GmbH, parent company for the Automotive Division.

Since 2015, Managing Director of the Frauenthal Beteiligungsverwaltungs AG, Frauenthal Haustechnik Beteiligungs GmbH, parent company of the Trade Division and of Frauenthal Immobilien GmbH, a the real estate company.

Since 2016, also Managing Director of Frauenthal Automotive Finance GmbH

2018 Board appointment as CFO with main responsibilities Finance, internal and external reporting, Treasury, IT and Investor Relations within the Frauenthal group. Before Erika Hochrieser was appointed as board member, she had been officer with statutory authority of the Frauenthal Holding AG and responsible for the areas Finance, Controlling and Investor Relations.

2020 joined the Executive Board of Frauenthal Service AG in addition to role of CFO at the Holding, responsible for finance, human resources and legal affairs in the Trading division.

since March 2024, Ms Hochrieser is responsible for the Frauenthal Trading Division at Frauenthal Holding AG

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Hannes Winkler

1974 - 1979 Studied Business Informatics at the University of Vienna, graduated Master of Economics

1979 - 1981 Postgraduate research, doctoral studies & internship Paris

1982 University of Vienna, Doctorate in Economics

1981 - 1983 Stanford Business School, MBA

1984 - 1989 McKinsey & Co Management consultant in San Francisco, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, Germany and Austria

1989 - 1994 EFS Group, Vienna - Managing Director, Management, HR and IT consulting

1992 - Co-Founder Ventana Beteiligungsgesellschaft m.b.H. as a holding company for EFS Group, M&A Bank AG and future industrial investments as joint Managing Director

1994 - 1997 Operational management of the Group subsidiary, Schönherr Chemnitzer Webmaschinenbau GmbH (restructuring and recovery)

From 1998 - 2017 Member (Chairman till 2007 & from 2010) Supervisory Board Frauenthal Holding AG

From 2004 - 2017 Member Supervisory Board SHT Haustechnik AG

2010 Overall leadership & responsibility for Frauenthal Holding AG

From 2014 - 2017 Member, Deputy Chairman and as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ÖAG AG

From 2014 - 2017 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Frauenthal Service AG

2016 becomes controlling shareholder of Frauenthal Holding AG through a public procedure controlled by the Austrian Takeover Commission

Since 2018 Chief Executive Officer of Frauenthal Holding AG

Since 2010 Managing Director and sole shareholder of Ventana Holding AG, since 2019 Ventana Holding AG draws up the consildated financial statements for the largest group of companies to which the Frauenthal Group belongs.

Hannes Winkler is responsible at holding company level for the Frauenthal Trading Division (until December 31, 2022) and for legal affairs, internal audit, human resources and business development.  

Following the departure of Michael Ostermann on November 18, 2022, Hannes Winkler also assumed interim responsibility for the Frauenthal Automotive Division.

Since January 1, 2023, Thomas Stadlhofer has been responsible for the Frauenthal Trading Division, and Hannes Winkler for the Frauenthal Automotive Division, as well as for Legal, Internal Audit, Human Resources and Business Development.

On 20 December 2023, the Supervisory Board and Dr Hannes Winkler agreed to extend Dr Hannes Winkler's term of office on the Executive Board of Frauenthal Holding AG, which expires on 31 December 2023, until 31 December 2026.

Hannes Winkler is responsible for the Automotive Division, Legal, Internal Audit and Human Resources.

 

Supervisory
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Claudia Beermann

Born in 1966, she studied economics at the University in Münster. From 1994 to 2004 she works in Linnemann-Schnetzer Group – at first in the controlling team (until 1999) then as Managing Director (from Jan. 2000). After the acquisition of the Linnemann-Schnetzer GmbH by Frauenthal Group in 2004, Mrs. Beermann has been appointed member of the Executive Board of Frauenthal Holding AG (until Oct. 2007). From 2008 to 2019 she was responsible for the CFO-Position of FMTG - Falkensteiner Michaeler Tourism Group AG, before she undertook the CFO role at iSi Automotive Holding GmbH (in Mai 2019).

Claudia Beermann was elected in the 30th Annual General Meeting of Frauenthal Holding AG, on 19 June 2019 to the Supervisory Board of Frauenthal Holding AG as a member.

Ms. Beermann was elected by the Supervisory Board as Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board with effect from June 11, 2021.

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Andreas Staribacher

Born 1957, studied law at the University of Vienna. MBA, certified public accountant, tax consultant, CPA (MA). 8.4.1995 to 4.1.1996 Federal Minister of Finance.

Managing partner of PKF CENTURION Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft mbH. Specialized in: national and international individual and consolidated financial statements, audit manager of banks and insurance companies, court-certified expert, aviation consulting.

Dr. Staribacher was elected as a member of the Supervisory Board of Frauenthal Holding AG at the 29th Annual General Meeting of Frauenthal Holding AG, on 5.6.2018 and with effect from June 11, 2021 Mr. Staribacher was elected by the Supervisory Board as Deputy Chairman.

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Christian Tassul

Born 1956, studied law at the University of Vienna. Doctorate in law. Since March 1984 partner in the law firm Frieders, Tassul & Partner and since April 1996 managing senior partner specializing in commercial law, corporate law, real estate law, tenancy law and labor law.

Dr. Christian Tassul was elected as a member of the Supervisory Board of Frauenthal Holding AG at the 32nd Annual General Meeting of Frauenthal Holding AG, on 11 June 2021.

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Johannes Strohmayer

Johannes Strohmayer was born in 1950. He studied Economics and Journalism at the University of Vienna from 1970–1975, attending Stanford University in 1974 (dissertation), and undertook postgraduate studies at the Institut des Sciences Politiques at the Sorbonne in 1976. In 1977 he joined the Austrian Federal Chamber of Economics. From 1981–1983 he worked as an accountant and expert witness in Vienna. From 1983–1998 Mr Strohmayer chaired the tax reform commission at the Ministry of Finance. From 1990–2002 he lectured at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Political Economy Department. From 1993–1996 he was a managing partner at Hübner & Hübner tax accountants. In 1993 he served on the international committee of the Austrian Chamber of Accountants and Tax Consultants. Since 1999 he has been the managing director of Euro Capital Partners. In addition to the above, Mr Strohmayer has been/is a member of the supervisory boards of: Creditanstalt-Bankverein (1984–1999); Österreichische Bundesbahnen (Austrian Federal Railways) (2005–2007); Österreichische Staatsdruckerei GmbH (2000–); and MIFIM Beteiligungs AG (2008–). He has belonged to the university council of the Medical University of Vienna since 2003. He joined the Frauenthal Holding AG Supervisory Board in 2010.

Employee
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Thomas Zwettler

August Enzian

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